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Telecommunications Act 1984

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9 Public telecommunication systems.

(1) The Secretary of State may by order designate as a public telecommunication system any telecommunication system the running of which is authorised by a licence to which section 8 above applies; and any reference in this Act to a public telecommunication system is a reference to a telecommunication system which is so designed and the running of which is so authorised. (2) An order under subsection (1) above shall not come into operation until after the end of the period of 28 days beginning with— (a) the day on which copies of the order, and of the licence to which section 8 above applies, are laid before each House of Parliament; or (b) if such copies are so laid on different days, the last of those days. (3) In this Act “public telecommunications operator” means a person authorised by a licence to which section 8 above applies to run a public telecommunication system. (4) In any case where it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for transitional provision to be made in connection with a telecommunication system ceasing to be a public telecommunication system, or a person ceasing to be a public telecommunications operator, the Secretary of State may make a scheme giving effect to such transitional provision as he thinks fit.

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9 Public telecommunication systems.

(1) The Secretary of State may by order designate as a public telecommunication system any telecommunication system the running of which is authorised by a licence to which section 8 above applies; and any reference in this Act to a public telecommunication system is a reference to a telecommunication system which is so designed and the running of which is so authorised. (2) An order under subsection (1) above shall not come into operation until after the end of the period of 28 days beginning with— (a) the day on which copies of the order, and of the licence to which section 8 above applies, are laid before each House of Parliament; or (b) if such copies are so laid on different days, the last of those days. (3) In this Act “public telecommunications operator” means a person authorised by a licence to which section 8 above applies to run a public telecommunication system. (4) In any case where it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for transitional provision to be made in connection with a telecommunication system ceasing to be a public telecommunication system, or a person ceasing to be a public telecommunications operator, the Secretary of State may make a scheme giving effect to such transitional provision as he thinks fit.

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